Netherlands has designated all main waterways governed by the national
government, subject to conditions, as test areas for autonomous
vessels. The link is to the form interested parties can fill out when
applying for a permit. See below for guidelines.

The European Maritime Simulator Network (EMSN) can be used for
simulations of autonomous ships in normal ship traffic, where normal
shisp can be implemented in a network of simulators. The link points
to a PDF file giving an overview of the EMSN.

This is a collection of documents that refer to test area guidelines
or other forms of palnning for autonomous ship tests. The collection
has been made by INAS and consists of documents in various degrees of
completion. No warranties of any kind are made for any of the
documents by INAS, by the authors or by any other party mentioned in
the documents.

Click on the flag to get the file (PDF or DOC).

Voluntary guidelines suggested by INAS, version 0.2. (DOCX).

MSC 99/INF.13: Establishing international test area "Jaakonmeri" for
autonomous vessels. Submitted by Finland.

MSC 100/5/3: Proposals for the development of interim guidelines for Maritime
Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) trials. Submitted by Republic of Korea.